Between a dot, a line and a stain – a few remarks on architectural education based on the disciplines of art

Mirosław Orzechowski

doi:10.37190/arc200411

Abstract

This article discusses the proposals for implementing artistic disciplines into architectural design at the stage of master’s studies. The aim of referring to the active participation of art in the creation of architecture is to search for its constantly renewable expression, the sense of the main ideas shaping architecture. In order to show the background, references to the past are made, to the time of the Bauhaus which as a creative movement pointed to art as an essential part of architectural creation. When creating and observing the teaching of artistic disciplines at the Faculty of Architecture of Warsaw University of Technology, significant changes can be noticed. The idea of a strictly defined designing method based on the disciplines of art is discussed. Presenting the method used and the experience derived from it, we hope for its dissemination. The conclusions from the research constitute a significant part. In artistic education conducted in the indicated way, purely workshop issues lose their significance, while more emphasis is placed on the ability to synthesize thoughts as a record and transmission of information in artistic forms, painting, graphics, sculpture, collage. At the same time, we observe how the introduced artistic activities help in opening new creative areas in education in the field of architectural and urban design.

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